App-etizers & More

Here are some of my favorite apps and sites. I’ll be updating this list, so check back often:

Writing & Productivity:

Tiny Scan – This little app is worth gold to a teacher. Scan your homework! Evernote – Evernote also contains scanning add-ons and more. It’s a wonderful writing app.Google Docs – My favorite because I can ALWAYS access my docs, from anywhere.Google Forms – A recent obsession…forms, surveys, reflections, feedback made easy.Google Classroom – …worth petitioning your district for purchasing. Seriously.Notability – a writing app that a lot of people are talking about. Padlet – It’s an online bulletin board, collaboration tool. Use the app or the site.Kaizena – Audio commenting made easy! Students join with a code.Edublogs – Get a free blog and start blogging with your students.Book Creator – Lots of people simply love Book Creator for publishing.Write About This -Create endless visual writing prompts.Turnitin – Plagiarism checker with many features. You’ll want this site on your radar.TCEA Must Have Apps for Grammar & VocabularyGrammarly – Great resourcePlagiarismchecker – Easy, Fast, NecessarySchool Express – Site for making flash cards and learning aids.

Photo Apps & Video:

Skitch – Photo app that allows annotation, screencasting and more.PS Express – My favorite photo editing app for cropping and filtering.Photofunia – As the name implies, it’s pure photo fun. Pic Collage – easy and fast collage appPic Stitch – This is one my app staples. You just need it from time to time.Phonto – Text on photoTelestory – a fun writing story writing appTellagami – a quick animated video is easy with Tellagami.Chatterpix – Make it talk with Chatterpix.Quizziz – This is a game site. Use Quizziz to review concepts. It’s FUN!Batchgeo – Make a map, save and edit it. Use with Social Studies or map a character’s journey in Language Arts.QR Codes Create a QR code for any website, from a student-made website to websites that are personally important, significant, or relevant.Scribble Press – Make your own book, create your own stories or children’s books to learn and practice English skills (like simile, metaphor, allegory, allusion, etc.) or to teach a topic.BOOKS:Lit2go – audio books and more23469 BooksLoyal BooksGoogle Books

DIGITAL MUSIC:

VIDEOS & MOVIE MAKERS:

CLASSROOM FUN / REVIEW:

Quizziz – This is a game site. Use Quizziz to review concepts. It’s FUN!Kahoot – Students LOVE Kahoot! Quizlet Live – It’s as much fun as Kahoot, and collaborative! iFakeText How about creating a short conversation between 2 historical figures or a conversation between a character in a story and a famous or historical person. Viewing the learning from another perspective is a great way to encourage higher level thinking.APPS BASED ON PEDAGOGY

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING:

SCRATCH – a fun and free program that teaches students engineering, graphic arts, computer programming, in a way that nurtures creativity. Students can create games and stories that relate or connect to the learning, or they can simply create….learning engineering and programming skills is embedded in any project where Scratch is used. Click the link (after downloading Scratch) to view a few student projects.